It’s been much harder than last year to select the Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015 (So Far), but we delivered. Check out some of the top-tier releases in hip-hop in the last six months.
The story leading up to Earl Sweatshirt’s debut album, ‘Doris,’ sounds something like an aborted movie storyline. A 16-year-old showcases ridiculously prodigious talent on his debut mixtape, but gets sent to a Samoan retreat after substance abuse issues and writing obscene songs.
He inadvertently starts a movement calling for his return because he’s just that lyrically skilled. Then, soon enough,